§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement. [67100]
§ Mr. LammyThe Department collects a wide range of statistics, most of which are collected at a local level. They are based on administrative areas such as health authorities, primary care trusts, National Health Service trusts or local authorities that reflect local lines of responsibility and accountability. They are not collected at Parliamentary constituency level.
Members of the Government statistical service (GSS) in all Government Departments provide a statistical service to the Library.
The Library provides a tailored service for Members. Statistics that can often be provided at parliamentary constituency level include economic status (employment, unemployment, and inactivity), claimant count, employee jobs, average earnings and census data. Also, many statistics that are available at a lower level can generally be aggregated to parliamentary constituency level. This includes the increasing range of statistics at ward level becoming available through the neighbourhood statistics service (www.statistics.gov.uk/neighbourhood).